Bugs on octospawn and hammers - Need help

[jamesjjc]

Hello,

My octospawn was not doing so good starting last month. The flesh looks okay but it's not fully expanded compared with before. Yesterday I just found there're tons of white/transparent bugs crawling around its tentacles and flesh. I looked at my other two hammers which are placed closed by also have a few bugs. All other torches and hammers in my tank are a bit far away so didn't found any bugs so far. I did a coral Rx dip yesterday but today I can still see bugs on them.
It may because I got a wild kingspawn last December and didn't dip it. It was also placed closed by these infected guys and eventually it got BJD and I threw it away. I'm wondering if these bugs moved to the close by euphyliya and host them.
Now does anyone have the same issue before?I searched on r2r someone suggested to use interceptor but I can't get it. Anyone has better solutions? Thanks a lot!
Picture is hard to take, these bugs looks like copepods but smaller in size. And they only crawling on the meat of my coral.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Need good pics for a positive ID. Everything else is just a guess

 

[RandyC]

White bugs most likely. They're pretty much everywhere nowadays from what I've seen. Interceptor is what you need as that's the only thing I have found to get rid of them.

Post in thread 'Hands Down Best Coral Dip'
https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/hands-down-best-coral-dip.36190/post-540845

 

[jamesjjc]

Need good pics for a positive ID. Everything else is just a guess

I tried, they're so tiny that I can't get a clear picture. Those small white dots are them.

 

[jamesjjc]

White bugs most likely. They're pretty much everywhere nowadays from what I've seen. Interceptor is what you need as that's the only thing I have found to get rid of them.

Post in thread 'Hands Down Best Coral Dip'
https://www.bareefers.org/forum/threads/hands-down-best-coral-dip.36190/post-540845

Thanks for the info and great video. So did the melafix help you clear all the bugs? I don't know where can I get interceptor so I would like to try melafix.

 

[RandyC]

Thanks for the info and great video. So did the melafix help you clear all the bugs? I don't know where can I get interceptor so I would like to try melafix.

I just saw it knock some off. I have no idea if it would be an effective treatment plan nor do I know if it even kills them.

 

[PjFish]

All those white half moon and spirals below are egg deposits also fyi. Nothing nor medz will kill those unless they have hatched or scraped off. You may have more then one type of pest! Gota keep dipping a few times a week routinely to break the cycles. Should always have wrasses or other types of pest eating livestock to help eradicate pests.. Good luck

 

[PizzaOven]

While bugs are probably the primary issue, I also see vermetid snails at the base below the flesh. The webs can sometimes irritate coral. I would crush them and/or put a glob of super glue to cover them.

 

[RandyC]

All those white half moon and spirals below are egg deposits also fyi. Nothing nor medz will kill those unless they have hatched or scraped off. You may have more then one type of pest! Gota keep dipping a few times a week routinely to break the cycles. Should always have wrasses or other types of pest eating livestock to help eradicate pests.. Good luck

Those spirals look more like sporbid worms than eggs. If they're hard, definitely sporbid worms.

Eggs tend to be more clustered and are typically more brownish in color than white. I've never actually seen white bug eggs (not sure anyone has ever documented it that I've seen). Here's a picture from the Goog of Euphyllia Eating Flatworm eggs for example.

 

[PjFish]

Oh snap yup they are my bad ! Not to fond of reading glasses !!

 

[Darkxerox]

Have you tried a KCl based dip?

 

[MichaelB]

By the size of white bugs if they lay eggs (I didn't bother to look it up) I imagine they would be so tiny that your naked eyes probably would be incapable of seeing them.

 

[jamesjjc]

Thanks for everyone. Yes I do have vermetid snails and sporbid worms in my tank. They're already there for a while and not causing any big issue fory coral. I just want to kill these white bugs asap!

 

[jamesjjc]

Have you tried a KCl based dip?

No, do you have any recommended product?

 

[jamesjjc]

BTW does anyone here have interceptor that can share some with me? I can give you a zoa frag for that.

 

[Darkxerox]

No, do you have any recommended product?

Reef Primer is the easiest to get, has simple instructions, and it's very gentle on corals. Neptune carries it. It's easier to see what gets knocked off than the pine oil based dips.

Interceptor is harder to get.

 

[CaseyP]

BTW does anyone here have interceptor that can share some with me? I can give you a zoa frag for that.

I have the large ones with 23mg of milbemycin oxime. It's the tasty chewable kind, not the pure fill form, but I haven't had any ill effects using it. PM me

 

[jamesjjc]

Much appreciated to @CaseyP .
I just dosed a very small amount of interceptor into my 5 gal QT. I can literally see some white bugs just running out from my octo! I will provide an update after the next dosage.